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All Saints :: All Saints () Alt. of All Saints.

Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..

Sanctimony :: Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness..

Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..

Elmo''s Fire :: Elmo's fire () See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint..

Saintess :: Saintess (n.) A female saint.

Saint :: Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

Saint-simonianism :: Saint-Simonianism (n.) The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism..

Saintism :: Saintism (n.) The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness..

Allhallows :: Allhallows (n.) All the saints (in heaven).

Saintship :: Saintship (n.) The character or qualities of a saint.

Dagoba :: Dagoba (n.) A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

Halmas :: Halmas (a.) The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Legend :: Legend (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature..

Socialism :: Socialism (n.) A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism..

Saintly :: Saintly (superl.) Like a saint; becoming a holy person.

Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.

Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints..

Anagogical :: Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication..

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